Casuistically

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Using casuistry or casuistics.

    "He approached the moral dilemma casuistically, not abstractly from first principles."

  2. 2
    From the perspective of casuistics or casuistry.

    "Those ideals are casuistically the best whose realisations lead to least number of other ideals sacrificed."

Example

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"He approached the moral dilemma casuistically, not abstractly from first principles."

Etymology

From casuistic + -ally.

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